When Oaken Arch before Balancing

#5f8c8e RGB(95,140,142)

About this color

When Oaken Arch before Balancing carries its coordinates at #5f8c8e: a medium-dark cyan with muted saturation.

#5f8c8eRGB(95, 140, 142)

HSL 183° · 20% saturation · 46% lightness

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Psychology

Mid cyan is strongly associated with technology, precision, and a certain crisp modernity.

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History

Cyan as a printing ink became central to modern colour reproduction — the C in CMYK — because its complement to red allows the full printable colour range.

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Design use

Practically, this medium-dark cyan is comfortable as brand accents, data visualisation series, and illustrative elements. Its middle lightness gives it presence on both white and dark backgrounds.

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Colour pairings

For palette building, cyan complements warm reds and red-oranges — a palette of technological energy. For calmer use, pair with white, light grey, and the lightest tints of the same hue.

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Color formats

Name
When Oaken Arch before Balancing
HEX
#5f8c8e
RGB
rgb(95,140,142)
RGB%
rgb(37.3%,54.9%,55.7%)
HSL
hsl(183,20%,46%)
HSV
hsv(183,33%,56%)
CMYK
cmyk(33,1,0,44)
LAB
lab(55,-15,-6)
LCH
lch(55,16,202)
sRGB
(0.373,0.549,0.557)
HEX8
#5f8c8eff
CSS Name
Decimal
095140142

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Color info

Lightness
46%
Saturation
20%
Hue
183°
Chroma
16
Temperature
WarmCool
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